Exam Details

Subject general knowldege
Paper
Exam / Course
Department
Organization Karnataka Public Service Commission
Position second division assistant
Exam Date 2011
City, State karnataka,


Question Paper


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1. Which of the following is not correct
m relation to the prescribed
qualifications for the post of
President?


Must be a citizen oflndia



Must be a sitting member of


Parliament
Must be of the age of35 years and
above

Must not be holding any office of
profit under the Government of India or Government of any
State

2. Which onc of the following 15 not correct?
All citizens have
right to freedom of speech and
expression
no right to express their dissent in their speech and expression
right to move freely throughout
India

right to practise any profession or carryon any trade
3. A judge of a High Couri may resign, by writing under his hand, addressed to
The Chief Justice of that High
Court

The Chief Justice of India


The Governor of that State


The President of India



4.
Union Public Service Commission shall be consulted

on the manner m which prOVlSlOns for reservations of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of cill7.ens, which is not. adequately represented in the services, be made


on the principles to be followed in making promotions and transfers from one service to another


on the principles to he followed in making appointments to civil services and posts


on all matters relating to methods
of recruitment. t.o civil services and for civil posts

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At the time of commencement of the Constitution
(1J a person domiciled in the territory of India and born in the territory of India

a person domiciled in the territory of India and either of whose parents was born in the territory of India


a person domiciled in the territory of India and who has been ordinarily resident In the territory of Iodis since 15th August, 1947


a person domiciled in the territory of India and who has been ordinarily resident in the territory of India for not less than five years immediately preceding such commencement of the Constitution


6. Which one of the following phrases is appearing in the Preamble to the Constitution of India?
Sovereign Democratic Republic
(2J Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic

Sovereign Socialist Republic


Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic



7. No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution receiving aid out of State funds, on grounds
(1J only of religion

only of language


only of caste or race


only of religion, language, race or caste or any of them


All minorities, whether based on

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(lJ only establish educational institutions

only administer educational institutions


establish and administer educational institutions of their choice


establish and administer educational institutions as per the policy of the Government of India



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Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV




Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar


KaniecrBva Narasimharaja



Wodeyar

24.
Menlion the work of Bhaskar8 II

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Name the ruler of Karnataka who gave money for Lhe construction of Goddess Sharada temple at Sringcri after it was looted by the Maratha horsemen.


which deals extensively epicyclic·eccentric theories planetary motions. with fOT
Rugvinishchaya
Siddhantashiromani
Panchasiddhanlika
Lilavati


Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV


Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar


Krishna Devaraya


Tipu Sultan



26. Who was the first Indian ruler to accept the Subsidiary Alliance
system of Wellesley?

Nawab of Avadh


Tipu Sultan


Nawab of Carnatic


Nizam of Hyderabad



27. In which year was India's capital
shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

1935


1919


1911


1905



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1" November, 1956


August, 1942


15th August, 1947


31" October, 1947



29. Who claimed that "Swaraj is my birl.hrighl. and T shall have it"

Lala Lajpat Rai


Mahatma Gandhi


Bala Gangadhar Tilak


Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel



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meet at the
Tamil Nadu
Kcrala

Cardamom Hills


Karnaiaka

Annamalai Hills

Andhr8 Pradesh
Nilgiri Hills

42. In which year was the first
Palani Hills
Industrial Policy declared in India?
1948

38. Which of the following tributaries
1960
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1956

Panchaganga


1962

Doodhganga


43. Which one of the following languages
Tungabhadra
is nol included In the VIII
Schedule?
Koyna
Hindi

39. Which one of the following IS the
English
coffee produced In maximum
Urdu
quantity in Karnataka
Konkani
Arabica

44. The Right. to Information Act came
Robusto
into force in the year
2005

Liberica


2004

None of the above


2006


2007



40. Silk town of Karnataka is
Chamarajanagara

45. The first elected Lok Sabha of India
was constituted in the yeaT

Ramanagara



1950


1952



Channapattana

1949

Periyapattona

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What is the overall sex ralio nationwide as per 2011 Census?

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933


940


954
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Joseph l..clyveld
Alex von Tunzclmann

John Grisham


Nassim Nicholas 'raleb


Who among the following was
arrested for the CWG scam?

R.K. Chandolia


Siddartha l3ehura


Asif l3alwa


Lalit Bhanot


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26th March


28th February


5th April


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l30th the Netherlands and
Belgium permit euthanasia with certain conditions

Switzerland permits assisted suicide but nol euthanasia


l30th euthanasia and


physician-assisted suicide are illegal in the United Kingdom
Active euthanasia is legal in all States in the United Stales

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Karnataka?

S.L. Bhairappa


Vatal Nagaraj


Mukhyamantri Chandru


Patil Puttappa



53. an ambitious scheme of the Karnataka State Government is
56.
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construct.ion of houses for the
people adversely affected by 2009
noods in north Karnataka
providing shelter for the BPL
groups
providing shelter for beggars and
homeless
providing shelter for achievers in sport.s

54. The call· for "Million March"
programme in March 2011 was given

57.
to oust Hosni Mubarak


to oppose the President of Yemen



towards the creation of Tclangana slate


demanding passing of tbe Jan Lokpal Bill drafted through a
civil society initiative
Name the minister of Pakistan who
was recently assassinated on
blasphemy issue by
Tehreek-e-Taliban.


Wajid Durrani


Shahbaz Bhatti


Sherry Rehman


Salman Taseer


Which one of the following sectors is not covered in the Bharat Nirman Programme presented in the Union
Budget, 2011
(ll Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act
Pradban Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
National Rural Drinking Water
Programme
Which one of the following power
companies is going to build India's first floating solar plant?

NTPC


Tata Power


Reliance Power


Nagarjuna Power Corporation

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districts:

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Sharjah


Netravathy

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conducted once in
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and the latest Census was in The numbers thathas the Indian Government proposed

correctly fill up the gaps are. to nominate fOT inclusion in the
respectively
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2010)


Goa
2010)

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Majuli, Assam's flver island



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Public Account Number
Marine Drive in Mumbai Personal Account Number

Permanent Account Number is currently probing a scam
60. A Joint Parliamentary Committee
Postal Account Number
regarding

64. The Naxalite movement originated in
2G-spoctrum
Naxalbari region of
Assam
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Andhra Pradesh

Commonwealth Games 2010


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West Bengal

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7·5 crare

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6·1 crore

Three Mile Island

8·2 crorc

68. In a bid to make Bengaluru City
5·4 crore
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has banned, effective from March 15,

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73. The pirates who have been attacking
merchant ships recently 10 the Arabian Sea and taking the sailors as hostages are from

Uganda


Bolivia


Somalia


Libya


74. Who is the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha

Sushma Swaraj


Arun Jaitley


L.K. Advani


Anantha Kumar


75. Name the Nabel Prize winner from Bangladesh who was in the news recently.

Mujibur Rehman


Muhammad Yunus


Sheikh Rasina


Begum Nazareth


76. According to the preliminary 2011
Census figures that were made public recently, Karnataka's literacy rate is
70%

75·6%


66·6%


80%


77. Which of the following groups of states has a population density of above 500 per sq. kIn as per the preliminary 2011 Census figures released recently?

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi


Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi


Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi


Puducherry, Chandigarh, Goa


78. According to some latest figures made public by the Union Minister for Agriculture, India's foodgrain production this year is at an all·time high of

400 million tonnes


150 million tonnes


235 million tonnes


275 million tonnes


79. Kalssa and Banduri are the two tributaries of

Krishna basin


Mahadayi basin


Godavari basin
Cauvery basin
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80. Human Development Index IS a composite indicator of

Income, Trade and Investment


Poverty, Human Rights and


Gender


Income, Health and Education


Health, Education and utrition


81. 'Teledensily' refers to number of telephones

per square kilometre area


in a 10,000 square kilometre area


per 100 persons


per lakh population


82. Presentation of Karnataka Budget
2011 -12 contains for the first time
in the country a separate budget on

Agricullure sector


Induslrial seelor


Trade sector


Transport sector


83. National Rural Health Mission of the Union Government is for the period

2005 to 2011


2005 to 2012


2005 to 2013


2005 to 2014


84. National Pension Scheme of the GQvernment of India is extended to all citizens with effed from

1 May 2008


1 May 2009


1 May 2010


1 May 2011


85. In our country, Kannada language is the

Second oldest language


Third oldest language


Fourth oldest language


Fifth oldest language


86. Cenlcnary celebralion of Inlernational Women's Day was held on al.b March

2008


2009


2010


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nuclear fission


nuclear fusion


combustion
chemical reaction
88. Which of the following gases IS mainly responsible fOT producing the greenhouse effect?

Oxygen


Nitrogen


Ozone


Carbon dioride


89. The magnitude of the intensity of an
earthquake 15 measured by the following scale

Richter


Kelvin


Pascal


Newton
91. The type of radiation transmitted when a remote control IS used to operate a TV is

Infra-red


Ultra-violet


X-ray


Gamma ray


92.

Which of the following is caused due
to the deficiency of iron

Anaemia


Night-blindness


Scurvy


Beri-beri


93.

Which IS the largest gland m tbe
human body?

Thyroid


Pituitary


Pineal


Liver


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95. Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel 98. Which form' of carbon IS a good Prize in Physics for his work on conductor?

Scattering Amorphous


Interference Diamond


Diffraction Graphite


Polarisation Coal


96. Mirages observed on hot summer 99. Which of the following combinations
days arc due to of properties would be most desirable for a cooking pot?
Reflection
High specific. heat and low
Refraction
thermal conductivity
Tota] Internal Reflection
Low specific heat and high
Both Reflection and Refraction thermal conductivity
High specific heat and high
97. A satellite orbiting round the Earth thermal conductivity appears stationary when
Low specific heat. and low thermal
its time period is one day and is conductivity
rotating in the same sense as that

of the Earth
100. A 25 watt -220 volt bulb and

its time period is one day and its 100 watt -220 volt bulb are rotation is normal to the direction connected in series across a 220 volt of the Earth line. Then


its time period is 12 hours and it 25 watt bulb will glow brightly is rotating in the same direction


100 watt bulb will glow brightly
as that of the Earth
Both will glow equally brightly
its time period is 12 hours and it
is rotating normal to the Earth None will glow

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